A.M. Report: PIP chase yields gun, drug charges; more

Man faces gun, drug charges after chase: A 29-year-old Manhattan man was arrested with stolen guns and marijuana following a car and foot chase along the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, N.J., and into the nearby woods, police said Wednesday. Jeorge L. Sosa of Vermilyea Avenue faces 15 charges, including various weapons counts, possessing a handgun, receiving stolen property, resisting arrest, attempt to elude police and throwing away weapons, Palisades Interstate Parkway police Lt. Michael Coppola said. He's being held in the Bergen County jail on $195,000 bail. Sosa was stopped Tuesday heading south by Palisades Interstate Parkway Officer Gregory Kimbro for traffic violations and having tinted windows on a black 2010 BMW, police said. Kimbro claimed he smelled marijuana in the car and asked Sosa to get out, leading Sosa to drive off but stop three miles down the parkway and run into the woods, police said. Kimbro and an off-duty New York City officer chased Sosa through the woods, police said. Police say Sosa tossed a loaded .40-caliber gun and a loaded .22-caliber revolver. The investigation has found that both handguns were stolen in Pennsylvania and have been missing since 1997. A search warrant was executed on the vehicle, in which police found marijuana, duct tape, flexible handcuff restraints and ski masks, Coppola said. He said investigators were looking into whether the guns had been used in crimes. Anyone with information related to Sosa can call 201-768-6001.

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Robbery charge: Nestor Pachon, 25, of North Bergen, N.J., has been arrested on a Rockland County Court warrant charging him with a count of third-degree robbery, a felony, police said Wednesday. Pachon was arrested last week in the Somerset County jail, where he was being held on a separate charge. He was held without bail in the county jail, police said.

Family Court warrant arrest: Anthony Stephens, 42, of the Bronx, was arrested Tuesday on a Rockland Family Court warrant accusing him of owing $23,762 in child support and $7,392 to the Rockland Department of Social Services. Judge Sherri Eisenpress released Stephens without bail for a court appearance on Nov. 20.

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Drug sales, sentenced: Curtis Lowery, 25, of 14 Union Road, Spring Valley, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in state prison and two years probation after pleading guilty to a count of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, according to the Rockland County District Attorney's Office. Lowery, who was sentenced by state Supreme Court Justice William A. Kelly, sold cocaine in Clarkstown on at least two occasions on Nov. 29, 2011, once for $50 and a second time for $100, the district attorney said.

Weapons possession, sentenced: Ralph Rempart, 24, of 70 Twin Ave., Spring Valley, was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to a count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony, according to the Rockland County District Attorney's Office. Rempart, who was sentenced by state Supreme Court Justice William A. Kelly, was found in possession of a stun gun on Twin Avenue on Aug. 9, 2011, according to the district attorney.

Burglary, sentenced: Robert B. Alexandre, 26, of 67 Broadway, Central Nyack, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in state prison and five years probation after pleading guilty to a count of second-degree burglary, a felony, according to the Rockland County District Attorney's Office. Alexandre, who was sentenced by state Supreme Court Justice William A. Kelly, broke into an Upper Nyack home on March 2, stealing eight U.S. savings bonds, two iPod Touch devices, an iPod Nano and a BlackBerry cellphone, according to the district attorney.

Drug sales, sentenced: Armando Zayas, aka "P," 48, of 57 Broadway, Haverstraw, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in state prison and three years' probation after pleading guilty to a count of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, according to the Rockland County District Attorney's Office. Zayas, who was sentenced by state Supreme Court Justice William A. Kelly, sold heroin in Haverstraw village between Sept. 6 and 14, 2011, the district attorney said.